LISD Schools Are More Than a Test Score

Aug. 15, 2019

District rejects accountability based on a single assessment.

Dear Lewisville ISD Parent,

You will soon see news reports regarding school ratings from the Texas Education Agency (TEA). Lewisville ISD wants to encourage you to view these ratings for what they are – an accountability system based solely on a flawed standardized test, which judges students based on their performance on one day in a 175-day school year.

Lewisville ISD rejects accountability based on a single assessment, as our district and our schools are more than a grade based on a state standardized test. While it is important for us to measure the effectiveness of our instructional practices and ensure all students are learning, LISD believes Texas students would be better served by a comprehensive community-based accountability system, which looks beyond high-stakes, multiple-choice tests to meaningful assessments that have value for students, parents, and teachers, as well as measures what each community deems important in promoting college and career readiness. True accountability must come from the community’s hopes and dreams for its children, not from a state or national system.

For an interesting perspective on the impact of standardized testing, you can read this article from the Dallas Morning News.

Our school district is committed to providing meaningful instruction and robust educational experiences, a variety of extracurricular opportunities, and forming strong relationships with our students, their families, and the communities we serve. LISD is devoted to helping ALL students develop intellectually while also supporting their overall well being.

We are pleased to share with you the 2019 LISD Campus Profile Sheets, which will be sent home with your child’s first-nine-weeks report card and are available on the LISD website here: http://lisd.net/profiles.

We believe our students are more than a test score! So please join us and districts across the state in sharing the message that no student should be solely judged on standardized testing, nor should the schools that serve them.

Thank you for your continued support of Lewisville ISD.

Best,Kevin Rogers, Ed.D. Superintendent of SchoolsLewisville Independent School District